Chocolate Shoes and Wedding Blues

Chocolate Shoes and Wedding Blues
Trisha Ashley

Stocking everything a bride would want to walk down the aisle in, Tansy’s shop soon expands to carry shoe-themed wedding favours, bridesmaid gifts and even delicious chocolate shoes. It’s the dream destination for any shoe-lover!If only everything in her personal life could be as heavenly – but with a fiancé trying to make her fit into a size 8 wedding dress, not to mention the recent discovery of disturbing family revelations, Tansy takes refuge in the shop’s success.But one man isn’t thrilled by the stream of customers hot-footing it to Cinderella’s Slippers… Actor Ivo Hawksley, resident of the cottage next to the shop, is troubled by a dark secret in his past and has come to the village to nurse his broken heart.However, Ivo realises that he and Tansy have a link in their past and soon, they both find out how secrets shared can make a very strong bond indeed…Forget the Jimmy Choos, Chocolate Shoes and Wedding Blues is the only accessory you need…

TRISHA ASHLEY

Chocolate Shoes and Wedding Blues

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Ebook Edition © May 2012 ISBN: 9780007478408

Version: 2016-03-12

Dedication

This one is for my friend Nora Neibergall,

distant only in miles.

Contents

Cover (#u5591823a-6d70-5527-9b56-f415ba1b1202)

Title page (#u6225775d-b768-52d3-b7ff-fddb757f1272)

Copyright (#uf5be6c1d-99c7-5fac-a3bc-7930d4fd668a)

Dedication (#ue5db9534-c10e-56b3-8870-b36df174118e)

Prologue: June 1945 (#u6d68a2f8-0ccc-5952-951b-5cee624aff77)

Chapter 1: Christmas Present (#uf39fbbc8-a4d3-5b02-aa4a-184a9c4bbee1)

Chapter 2: Frosted Knots (#ub4253e22-8184-55fd-b8a8-c4f9b079c29f)

Chapter 3: Trashed (#ucf241ff4-203f-5a89-aff9-844d43bd59d3)

Chapter 4: Philtred Out (#u7527437d-9d05-55a3-bbcf-d93c97aeb662)

Chapter 5: Charlie’s Aunt (#u0bc69897-ef06-573a-b384-25762040f9fc)

Chapter 6: True Lovers Not (#uc2b4316b-b6ad-5244-a731-11e5012be620)

Chapter 7: Old Valentines (#ufb7f0164-baa5-5cb7-b017-02483d765b5a)

Chapter 8: Amazing Grace (#u950f94bc-7fbf-599e-8488-5f5afc7ba657)

Chapter 9: Barking Mad (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 10: Cat Flap (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 11: Cross Patch (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12: Summoned by Bells (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13: Fresh as Paint (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14: Bell de Jour (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15: Luscious (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16: Blessed (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17: Typecast (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18: Dead as my Love (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19: Overtures (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20: Sister Act (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21: Fat Rascals (#litres_trial_promo)